CVE-2017-6818

In WordPress before 4.7.3 (wp-admin/js/tags-box.js), there is cross-site scripting (XSS) via taxonomy term names.

• CWE-79

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96601Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037959Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/9092fd01e1f452f37c313d38b18f9fe6907541f9Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8769Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96601Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037959Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/9092fd01e1f452f37c313d38b18f9fe6907541f9Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8769Patch, Third Party Advisory

Published

Mar 12, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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